Farage claims his house was firebombed following leak of undeclared £5m ‘gift’ for personal security

In a 29 April interview with the Telegraph, far-right leader Nigel Farage alleged that his home was targeted by a firebomb attack back in 2025.

Fortunately, the Reform leader had received an untaxed, undeclared ‘gift’ of around £5m for security purposes at the start of 2024. Farage has stated that he’s disclosing the information because an unknown party has recently obtained details of his personal finances.

Coincidentally, the news comes whilst three men are currently on trial for arson attacks on properties owned by Kier Starmer. It’s also noteworthy that the alleged attacks on both Starmer and Farage happened within a short span of time.

Blame ‘the rabid Left’

In the Telegraph article, Farage listed instances of alleged security threats against him. These included an incident in 2013 when he was “surrounded by a mob outside the Scottish Parliament”. Other examples include a pint of beer being tipped on him, and having to write off a car after it was attacked by a mob.

He added that:

There is also the online threat, with people encouraging the use of violence against me, which we have reported to the police several times with no response that I can discern whatsoever and the pretty much point-blank refusal of the British state to help me.

However, Farage claimed that the worst threat came when his house was attacked with a petrol bomb in early 2025.

He stated that:

It was an outright arson attempt. I wasn’t at home at the time, but when I came back and opened the door I found the damage. Luckily it had burned itself out in the porch, and we think maybe the perpetrators were disturbed in the act. The police were all over it. They did their best but there are no suspects so far.

Naturally, and in spite of the similarity of the attack to those against Starmer, Farage blames his situation on his political opponents. He observed that:

the situation has deteriorated since the rabid Left decided that violence is acceptable.

In this scenario, the “rabid Left” would have joined a position already clearly held by a significant number of Reform politicians. Likewise, the only sitting MP murdered in recent memory was Labour’s Jo Cox, who was shot dead by far-right nationalist gunman Thomas Mair.

Farage’s £5m gift from an ‘ardent supporter’

Fortunately for Farage, his security is being financed privately by billionaire Brexiteer Cristopher Harborne. The Thailand-based British billionaire has donated around £12m to Reform, much of it in hard-to-trace cryptocurrencies.

However, that £12m figure doesn’t include a £5m private ‘gift’ that Harborne made directly to Farage. Because the payout took place in 2024, shortly before Farage ended his brief retirement from party politics, he didn’t have to declare the money as a political donation. Likewise, its nature as a gift meant it was completely free of tax.

Harborne reportedly made the kind gesture after seeing Farage cruelly struck by a protester’s milkshake:

This money was given to me so that I would be safe and secure for the rest of my life. I have tried and failed in the past to get security funded by the Home Office and I don’t think the state will ever help me. I’m very much on my own and will be for the rest of my life, and I have to face up to that grim reality. Christopher is an ardent supporter who is deeply concerned for my safety.

‘Illegally obtained’ financial records

Regarding his decision to disclose the information on the attack and the donation now, Farage stated that:

would rather not be discussing any of this but I am having to because someone has got hold of material about my private finances, which is outrageous, and which I believe was illegally obtained.

This being the case, it’s a good job that Farage was able to get ahead of any further potential leaks with the important context of the previously unpublicised firebombing. Likewise, we can be thankful that every penny has gone towards Farage’s security, rather than the taxman.

It’s also very fortunate that the £5m was given to him as a private citizen, seemingly without knowledge of his immanent re-entry into politics. If Harborne had such knowledge, he and Farage might be accused of trying to circumvent political donation rules.

That wouldn’t do at all, would it?

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